1. Lady Wonder was a mare some claimed to have psychic abilities and be able to perform intellectually demanding tasks such as arithmetic and spelling.
10 Facts About Lady Wonder
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However, there are several reports of Lady Wonder's prediction being wrong and usually open to human interpretation.
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Lady Wonder died on March 19,1957, at the age of 33 from heart attack.
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Lady Wonder was buried in the Pet Memorial Park in Henrico County, Virginia.
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Lady Wonder's celebrity grew across the United States when she was credited to have helped to solve the case of a missing 4-year-old boy, Danny Matson, in Quincy, Massachusetts.
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When prompted about Matson's location, Lady Wonder spelled "Pittsfield Water Wheel".
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The boy's mother resorted to Lady Wonder which suggested that the children would be found at the DuPage River, a river close to the boy's house from where both children went missing.
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Skeptics point out that in both cases these locations had been or were being searched already, and Lady Wonder's intervention served only to reinforce the beliefs of the inquirers.
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In 1956, the magician Milbourne Christopher was skeptical about the alleged abilities of Lady Wonder and decided to visit the Fondas, presenting himself as John Banks, and when asked Lady Wonder for his name she spelled "Banks".
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Scarne concluded that when Mrs Fonda was not aware of the answer, Lady Wonder usually answered incorrectly.